Dear Readers,

This story is my submission for the 2021 Open Novella Contest based on prompt #57 (Death has records of everyone's existence. Except - according to Death - your records don't exist.)

Thanks to my wife, Susan, for serving as a beta reader, mistake finder, and reality checker.

As always, comments, suggestions, critique, and words of wisdom are appreciated. If you do like a chapter, please click the little star.

Bill